"I shall talk of what I like," she said wilfully, clasping her hands round her knees with the gesture of an —— child.
OBSTRUCT ([page 257]).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the literal meaning of obstruct? How does it compare with hinder? 2. How does obstruct compare with impede? 3. What does arrest signify in the sense here considered?
EXAMPLES.
There is a certain wisdom of humanity which is common to the greatest men with the lowest, and which our ordinary education often labors to silence and ——.
No, no ——ing the vast wheel of time,
That round and round still turns with onward might.